The Forrest City times., 1887-10-29
WaSlingt Letter.
From Our Regular Correspondent

w ASliINGTON, (tcC. 2l. lSST.
 The chief event at the capital this week is the habeas corpus trial of the Virginia State officers before the Uni ted States supreme court, on appeal from the court of Judge Bond, by whom they were committed for con tempt. Of course the telegraph has already informed you of the action of the supreme court-how, after being personally held in custody by that tri- bunal one day, the prisoners were re. leased upon their own recogniZance until the final hearing of the case. on the first Monday in November Ros- COG ConklHg and J. Randolph Tucker will be counsel for the defendants, and Solicitor General Jenks and Fix Governor Chamberlain will represent the government. As the case is of national importance it will be watched with interest throughout the whole country.
 Later in the week it is probable that the case of the Chicago anarchists will be taken mp, as the preliminary steps in that direction have already been taken.
 Next in interest to these proceedings | is the meeting of the Agricultural | Congress in session in this city composed of representatives of the | agricultural colleges and experimental stations in the several States, as pro- vided for by the act of congress oi March ?, 1887. It is the purpose of the meeting to have general discussion Of the best means of giving practical eff feet to the provisions and operations of the law in question-some of the l questions to be considered being as follows: The general subject of expert mental stations; the object and scope of the work to be done; the most use ful experiments and investigations l demanded by farmers in the different States, and the practicability of adjust | ing these experiments between the | several stations so as to avoid duplica. tion of work. No doubt the Congress will result in great good.
 During the next session of congress the four Territories of Montana, Da- kota, New Mexico and Washington will vigorously present and press theiI claims for Statehood, and many think the result will be the admission of all while others believe that no new State will be admitted till after the next presidential election. It is not at all | probable that Dakota Territory will be made State if it's division is insisted upon. Utah also aspires to be State but of course her admission is out oi the question as long as she clings tC the twin relic"
 It appears that Mir. Oberly's view. upon the relations of political clubs tC i civil service are not so stringent a. was at first supposed, as the commis sioDer in an interview with member of the National Democratic League says that he endorses the objects ot | that organization. and would contrib ute money to it if asked to do so out ot i his office. It would therefore seen 1 that Commissioner Oberly is merely { ] stickler for the red tape proprieties oi official life. But to a man up tree il looks like q clear case of retreat from the ominous roar of the rampant democratic tiger.
 It is the opinion of shrewd finan. ciers that the new departure of the treasury department is increasing the number of government dispositions and raising the limit from one half tc one million, to such national banks as can give the necessary security, is s wise and liberal policy, calculated tC conserve the business interests of tho country and prevent the recurrence oi the panicy feeling in commercial chan nels that preeipitated the September bond call. This depository system i. simply a good scheme of relieving the treasury of its enormous surplus ano distributing it among the pe0ple-tht source from whence 1t came.
 The publication of the treaty of ex tradition between the United State. and the Republic of Guatemala is yer, significant. showing, as it does, tht change from the loose republican sys tenn to that old and vigorous usage oi the democratic party in protecting suct of our citizens as had become the vic tins of foreign aggression and oppres sion, which for so many years was the settled policy of our government Thi. treaty is now pending before the Uni ted States senate, with President Cleveland's recommendation that 1t bS ratified;